Democracy, in its general definition, is a form of government in
which the representatives are elected by the people. In the current scenario
,the world suggests democracy as the best form of government for it is people
oriented. By Abraham Lincoln's quote i.e."Democracy is of the people ,by
the people and for the people",It is crystal clear that democracy is
such a form of government that is designed to work for the citizens and look
after their welfare and not just having power in one's hand and he is ruling
the way he wants even if the citizens don't like it.
Well,as democracy is
considered the best among all the forms of government, every country wants to
possess a democratic government. But even now many countries are not democratic
like Libeya, Jordon, Iraq etc. However, there are various countries too
that are undemocratic but shows itself to be democratic like China and Saudi
Arabia.
Where one side we talk about democratic rule in countries ,
on other side we too come to know that country wise the concept of democracy
varies. For instance ,let us compare the democracy of India and Pakistan. We
are acquainted to both of these countries and also know that both possess a democratic
government but they act like two faces of the same coin.
(1)From 19th century, the idea of democracy had started to
spread in the entire world. That was the time when India and Pakistan were democratic
but during 2000 under Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan was overthrown by military
coup and hence, democracy was destructed there. But India never faced such a
situation and hence we can conclude that democracy in Pakistan was unstable but
India has stabilises democracy.
(2) Despite being democratic, Pakistan still has military rule
and people lack the power that they should get in democracy. Pakistani military
officials have more powers than the Pakistani citizens while in India, people
have more power than the leaders, if they find the leaders unfit or not working
for their welfare, they can remove the leader through voting in the next
election.
(3)The most important factor that determines whether any country
is truly democratic or not is the conduction of free and fair election. In
India,the election is controlled by ballot but in Pakistan, the election is
controlled by bullet. During elections, pakistani candidates practice dirty
tricks to win the election.In India , there are various government officials
who are put in duty to keep an eye on the candidates so that they cannot
practice malpractices to win elections and even if someone is found guilty
,action is taken by the election commission. Hence India possess free and fair
election but Pakistan doesn’t.
(4)Democracy is all about equality and in sense of democracy,
Pakistan is in immature stage but India is in mature stage.
(5)Media's freedom also plays a crucial role in a democratic
country. A country like Pakistan where the media is censored
cannot be called democratic country on the other hand India has a media
which make people politically conscious and enables them to choose right
representatives among all.
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(6)Democracy is also known for ensuring peace in a nation
for it provides different methods to deal with various conflicts. Yes,
democracy in India has given it a peaceful sight but on the other hand
Pakistan, being democratic, is still vulnerable to excessive terrorism, which
goes against the principle of democracy .People of Pakistan are themselves the agents
of their destruction but this destruction is not just
limited to the political boundaries of Pakistan but also its neighbouring
countries get preturbed by this.
For a country proclaiming itself as a democratic nation is
not sufficient to make it a democratic nation
rather both it's people and government must have an check on each
other and both must work as hand in glove. If the government goes wrong the
people have right to protest against it and if the people break laws the
government must take an action. This only makes a sense of true democracy for
any country.
